Janchor Partners’ mission as an Industrialist Investor is anchored by our purpose to have a lasting impact through deep relationships by building insight and trust. This virtuous cycle of impact, insight and trust can produce win-win-win holistic outcomes that create long-term sustained value.
The ripples in our logo echo our mission as an Industrialist Investor to influence others and the world at large in a positive way.
A core element of Janchor Partners’ mission as a purpose-led organization is stewardship. This approach embeds meaning and partnership in our work, which lays a pathway to sustainable investing and a fulfilling journey for all.
Janchor Partners is committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) elements into our day-to-day investment analyses and engagement with companies. We also ingrain these beliefs in our own business to provide a leading example of sustainable social and environmental responsibility in our operations. We see our role as an Industrialist Investor to pro-actively influence positive change, bring awareness to management and ultimately help build stronger companies.
Janchor Partners’ ability to invest for the long‐term is strengthened by our investment partners, comprising high-quality global institutional investors including family offices, university endowments, foundations and pension funds, who commit their capital to Janchor Partners for multi‐year periods.
Janchor Partners’ team hails from international and diverse cultural, educational and experiential backgrounds. Many of our professionals are educated at pre-eminent universities in Asia, Europe and North America, speak multiple languages fluently and have institutional experience in the leading global financial centres. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our team invests in their work represents a significant part of Janchor Partners’ culture and delivers our competitive advantage.
Our investment effort gains its strength from our global proprietary research network, with on-the-ground global presence spanning Australia, China, Europe, India and Japan. Our tightly integrated team members around the world work together collaboratively both with each other and with our investment partners and investee companies. Our team focus on reflection, feedback and sharing affords a pathway to growth for both our firm and all of the partners in our ecosystem.
John Ho is the Founder and Chief Industrialist Investor of Janchor Partners.
John is currently a Non-Executive Director of Vocus Group Limited. He also served as Chairman of Bellamy’s Australia Limited where he brought about a successful turnaround and sale to Mengniu Dairy Group. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Committee.
Before founding Janchor Partners, John was the Head of The Children’s Investment Fund (Asia) Limited in Hong Kong. Prior to that, John was a senior analyst with the Citadel Investment Group in the U.S. and also a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Australia. Prior to BCG, John was an Associate Lecturer in finance and option pricing at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
John studied pure mathematics and finance at The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia graduating with a University Medal. His dissertation on options pricing on real assets was published in The Journal of Alternative Investments.